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A huge pileup closed the Golden Gate Bridge today, injuring several people.
SAN FRANCISCO (Map, News) - All lanes of the Golden Gate Bridge were open for traffic this afternoon after a multi-car collision blocked the span earlier today, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Traffic on the world-famous bridge came to a halt around 2:40 p.m. when a northbound station wagon veered into the southbound lanes and caused a series of crashes involving about 10 cars, the CHP said.
Two people were transported to local hospitals with life-threatening injuries, three others were considered in serious condition and four people were transported with non-life threatening injuries.
Drivers on roads leading to the bridge were experiencing severe delays, authorities said. Commuters were advised to use either the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge or the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge as an alternate route.
A Sig-alert was issued at 2:53 p.m. and all lanes were reopened at 4:18 p.m., California Highway Patrol Officer A. Paulson said.
— Bay City News and the Associated Press contributed to this report
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9:32 PM MST on Wed., Mar. 26, 2008 re: "Huge pileup closes Golden Gate Bridge"
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EXAMINATOR said:
for how many years has the Golden Gate Bridge District been studyng the concept of installing barriers between the North and South bound lanes? Maybe they'll get around to installing them after congestion pricing, another toll increase, a suicide barrier re-design, and the new Doyle drive is built.
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